PLATE XXXV 
BIRDS OF THE OCEAN AND SEASHORE 
1. Wilson’s Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus Kuhl 
O-ce-an-V-tes—G k, oceanites, son of Ocean: d-ce-an'-ic-us— L., oceanicus , 
of the ocean. 
distribution. Southern oceans, to Australia, Tasmania, New 
Zealand, and New Caledonia, ranging north to California, Labrador, 
the British Isles, and India. 
notes. Also called Mother Carey’s Chicken, Yellow-webbed Storm- 
petrel, and Flat-clawed Storm-petrel. Usually in (locks, generally seen 
flying close to the surface of the water, and occasionally to and fro 
across the wake of a ship. Its flight is usually very erratic, somewhat 
like that of a butterfly, and it often aids its progress by patting the 
water with its feet, bounding along with a series of leaps. Its food 
consists chiefly of small plankton organisms procured from the sur¬ 
face of the water, the fat from dead whales or seals, and refuse from 
ships’ galleys. Breeds in colonies in Antarctica, on islets ofr Cape Horn, 
on the South Shctlands, South Orkneys, and South Georgia, and 
Kerguelen and Heard Islands. 
nest. In a chamber at the end of a tunnel; lined with feathers. 
egg. Dull white, sometimes sparingly dotted with reddish spots; 
occasionally these spots form a ring round the larger end. Breeding- 
season: December to February. 
2. Grey-backed Storm-petrel Garrodia nereis Gould 
Garrodia—A. H. Garrod (1846-1879), anatomist and ornithologist. 
Prosector to the Zoological Society, London: ne're-is—G k, nereis , 
Nereid, sea-nymph. 
distribution. Southern oceans, to South Georgia, the Falkland 
Islands, New Zealand, Tasmania, and south-eastern Australia. 
notes. Also called Mother Carey’s Chicken. Usually in flocks; 
it is similar in habits and economy to Wilson’s Storm-petrel. Breeds 
in colonies on South Georgia, the Falkland Islands, Kerguelen Island, 
and New Zealand, and the Chatham, Bounty and Auckland Islands. 
nest. In a chamber at the end of a tunnel. The burrow is about 18 
inches in length, and resembles a rat-hole. 
egg. White, covered with fine deep reddish-brown and lavender 
dots at the larger end, and with a few reddish ones sparingly dis¬ 
tributed over the rest of the surface. Breeding-season: November to 
January. 
